美国人最易拼错的十个单词
<p><span word="Americans">Americans</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="worse">worse</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="spelling">spelling</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="Britons">Britons</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="unable">unable</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="spell">spell</span> "<span word="embarrassed">embarrassed</span>", "<span word="liaison">liaison</span>" <span word="and">and</span> "<span word="millennium">millennium</span>"。</p><p>美国人在拼写单词方面不如英国人，超过一半的美国人不会拼&<span word="ldquo">ldquo</span>;<span word="embarrassed">embarrassed</span>、&<span word="ldquo">ldquo</span>;<span word="liaison">liaison</span>和&<span word="ldquo">ldquo</span>;<span word="millennium">millennium</span>。</p><p><span word="Despite">Despite</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="popularity">popularity</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="spelling">spelling</span> <span word="bee">bee</span> <span word="competitions">competitions</span>, <span word="adults">adults</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="fared">fared</span> <span word="poorly">poorly</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="survey">survey</span> <span word="comparing">comparing</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="speakers">speakers</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="sides">sides</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Atlantic">Atlantic</span> <span word="deal">deal</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="commonly">commonly</span> <span word="misspelt">misspelt</span> <span word="words">words</span>。</p><p>尽管拼字比赛在美国学校十分流行，但一项比较大西洋两岸说英语人群的调查显示，在拼写容易拼错的单词方面，美国成年人表现得相当糟糕。</p><p><span word="Sixty">Sixty</span>-<span word="two">two</span> <span word="per">per</span> <span word="cent">cent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Americans">Americans</span> <span word="got">got</span> "<span word="embarrassed">embarrassed</span>" <span word="wrong">wrong</span>, <span word="against">against</span> 54 <span word="per">per</span> <span word="cent">cent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Britons">Britons</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="struggled">struggled</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="word">word</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="survey">survey</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>。</p><p>调查显示，62%的美国人将&<span word="ldquo">ldquo</span>;<span word="embarrassed">embarrassed</span>拼错，而去年的一项调查显示，英国有54%的人不会拼写该词。</p>
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